#8194 • $3,500+ Louis XVI Style Oval Gilt Mirror, Rope-Twist Frame with Knotted Bow Crest, Decorator Quality, D&D Building Provenance, New York, 30 x 44"

Part of $2.8 Million McLean Mansion Luxury Downsizing Auction (timed auction by Prime Auction Solutions)

Status: Sold

An elegant oval wall mirror in the Louis XVI Neoclassical manner, featuring the rope-twist frame and knotted bow crest that are among the most enduring and refined motifs in the classical decorative arts vocabulary. The piece carries the provenance of the Decoration and Design Building on Third Avenue in Midtown Manhattan, known nationally and internationally as the world's most important home to over 100 luxury showrooms representing the very best in residential and business interior furnishings. Objects sourced from the D&D Building are trade-grade acquisitions, typically selected by interior design professionals for client projects and representing a level of quality above what is generally found at retail. At 30 x 44 inches, this is a genuinely substantial mirror with a commanding wall presence. The proportions place it firmly in the category of a statement piece rather than an accent mirror, suited to a living room, dining room, entry hall, or over a fireplace mantel where scale is an asset. The mirror presents an oval glass plate set within a rope-twist molded frame in warm gilt finish, the twisted cord motif running continuously around the circumference of the oval and providing the characteristic textural richness that distinguishes this style from plainer beaded or ogee-molded alternatives. At the top, the frame terminates in a sculptural knotted bow crest, the defining decorative accent of the Louis XVI mirror tradition and one of its most sought-after compositional elements. The knotted crest rises confidently above the mirror plate, providing both visual height and a clear stylistic identity that reads beautifully from across a room at this scale. The gilt finish presents in the warm, burnished tone typical of quality decorator production, consistent with professional-grade manufacture. The style draws from the Neoclassical vocabulary popularized in the reign of Louis XVI and revived through successive decorator traditions, remaining one of the most versatile and widely placed mirror forms in traditional and transitional interior design. Gilt rope-twist frame. Knotted bow crest. Oval mirror plate. Louis XVI Neoclassical style. Decorator quality. D&D Building provenance, New York. Dimensions: 30"W x 44"H.